The Araliya Retreat

Spacious room. Pleasant area to sit out and enjoy tea and coffee. HUGE dinner with local prawns and tuna! Packed breakfast/lunch for our dolphin watching trip. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Staff arranged dolphin watching for us. Thank you.

The location is a little distance from the 'town centre' area but no issue if you have a car or use a tuk tuk. No hair dryer in the room although we didn't request one.

Everything was perfect! We were so well looked after by the staff.....we were very spoilt! A fabulous breakfast was included with our accommodation. We had dinner on the terrace which was a delight! We had different local fresh fish every night including vegetables, salad etc. It was the best food we had tasted anywhere else! All cooked to order... We were sad to leave for our next destination.

Nothing really

Great service, clean house

Average location

The moment you enter the property you are greeted with warm hospitality. Lakshan and Anton do an amazing job making sure all your needs are accomodated. Laskshan arranged an amazing safari trip and dolphin trip for us, memories I will keep forever. I was cautious at first but I quickly learnt he ensured our safety at all times. We were picked up by boat outside the retreat brought on a tuktuk then a jeep all private. Dolphin trip is well worth it the boat men were excellent hundreds of dolphins. You can contact the lads very quickly for anything you need. Anton works very hard day and night to ensure your served with everyone you need from housekeeping drinks food. The family feel of this place stole my heart. I was sad to leave. Just note the property is on the lagoon which is quiet isolated you need transport to get around mostly you can rent moped or tuktuk or lakshan can arrange a ride for you. Only three properties so its very relaxing.

Could do with a fridge in the room to keep your drinks cold. Food can take some time due to buy fresh as you order method so book well in advance as the market closes you are very limited to what you can eat. However the food is amazing theres a bbq platter that is so good with fresh fish shellfish and chicken. I would advise to ask early morning what is available N order your meals in advance as when we went outside the food inside the property was much better.

- Friendly & kind host who arranges everything you need - Beautiful location, right in front of the lagoon - Spacious room - Excellently managed - Extremely nice staff - Peaceful surroundings - Delicious food - Complimentary tea/coffee - Bicycle is given free of cost to travel around

- Nothing was bad, everything was perfect

A beautiful retreat on the shores of the lagoon, the staff were amazing friendly and helpful organising a scooter and dolphin watching boat trip! Anthony was a ‘diamond’ we would return from a day out and he would meet us with our coffee and tea!!! Lakshan was so knowledgeable on the local area and came us great tips on where to go! He also treated us to the most amazing tastes, and freshly prepared food, so much so we ate in every night x

nothing, but please note there were no toiletries provided (although I’m sure they would find you some if you are desperate!)